'Public Service Commission Has No Power To Relax Recruitment Norms' : Jharkhand High Court Quashes Civil Service Exams Result

The Jharkhand High Court has quashed the merit list of the 6th Combined Civil service Examination, 2016 which was conducted by the State Public Service Commission (JPSC) to fill 326 positions. A Single Bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi quashed the result upon noting that the merit list was not prepared by the JPSC by following the criteria of minimum qualifying marks in...

Filing Common Chargesheet In Multiple Cases Against Same Accused Impermissible : Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has said filing of a common charge-sheet for complaints filed by the individual investors against the same accused in different police stations is against the law and filing amalgamated charge-sheet is impermissible under the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) A single bench of Justice K Natarajan held : "The State-C.I.D. Police have no authority to file a...

"Complete Disregard To Life, Safety And Health Of Students" Doctors Move Supreme Court Challenging Conduct Of INI CET 2021 In June

A plea has been filed before the Supreme Court challenging the conduct of the National Importance Combined Entrance Test (INI CET) examination on 16th June 2021 and seeking directions to postpone the exam being conducted for admission to postgraduate courses in leading Government Medical Institutes in the Country including AIIMS, JIPMER and NIMHANS.The plea filed by India Medical...

Over 100 Final Year Students From Faculty Of Law, DU Write Counter Representation To BCI To Continue With Open Book Examination Instead Of Assignment Based Evaluation

Over 100 final year students from Faculty of Law, Delhi University have written a counter representation to the Bar Council of India requesting it to continue with the open book examination for the pending intermediate exams instead of adopting the Assignment Based Evaluation.The move comes after the representation made by over 300 similar final year law students who had written recently to...

Orissa High Court Upholds Centre's Notification Abolishing Odisha Administrative Tribunal

The Orissa High Court on Monday upheld the notification issued by the Department of Personnel and Training of the Central Government dated 2nd August 2019 which abolished the Odisha Administrative Tribunal (OAT). In an elaborative order, a division bench comprising of Chief Justice S. Muralidhar and Justice B.P. Routray observed that there was sufficient material to support the view of the...

Protection Plea- Married Woman & Unmarried Man In A Live-In Relation: Punjab & Haryana High Court Directs SSP To Look Into Their Grievance

The Punjab & Haryana High Court on Monday directed SSP, Faridkot to look into the grievance of an already married woman and an unmarried man living together in a live-in relationship and seeking protection of life and liberty against private parties. The Bench of Justice Vivek Puri disposed of their plea with a direction to the Senior Superintendent of Police, Faridkot to...

'May Not Be Possible To Conduct Physical Hearings': Supreme Court e-Committee Authorises High Courts To Avail VC Platforms Of Their Choice

Dr Justice D Y Chandrachud, Chairperson of the Supreme Court e-Committee has addressed a letter to the Chief Justices of all the High Courts, stating that it may not be possible to conduct physical Court hearings due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and courts may resort to hybrid model of hearing for some time.It therefore proceeds to authorize the High Courts to make VC arrangements on...

Prohibit Attempts To Medically 'Cure' Or Change Sexual Orientation Of LGBTQIA+ People : Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has directed the Union and the State Government to take steps to prohibit attempts by physical and health professionals to medically "cure" or change the sexual orientation of people belonging to LGBTQIA+ community.The Court has also directed that action should be initiated against the concerned professional involving themselves in any form or method of conversion...

NDPS Act : Should Weight Of Blotting Paper Carrying LSD Be Considered To Determine If Contraband Is Of "Commercial Quantity"? Bombay High Court To Decide

The Narcotics Control Bureau - investigating the drug case connected to actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death - has urged the Bombay High Court to determine if the weight of blotting paper, which carries the LSD drug (Lysergic acid diethylamide), should also be taken into account to decide if the drug recovered is of a 'commercial quantity' or 'small quantity,' under the NDPS Act. The...

"Central Govt Should Seriously Consider This Proposal": Delhi High Court Bats For Collaboration Of RWA Camps With Private Hospitals

Observing that there is no other avenue to carry out vaccination under the National COVID vaccination programme apart from vaccination centres run by private hospitals, the Delhi High Court has asked the Centre as to how camps run by Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs), in collaboration with Private Hospitals, may be able to work out in boosting the vaccination drive. Noting that the...

Delhi High Court Grants Interim Custody Bail To Asif Iqbal Tanha For Preparation And Writing Final Year BA Programme

The Delhi High Court has granted interim custody bail to Asif Iqbal Tanha, facing trial in the Delhi Riots larger conspiracy case, enabling him to sit for his three backlog examinations to complete his BA (Hons.) Programme.A division bench comprising of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Anup J. Bhambhani granted 14 days interim custody bail to Tanha subject to the conditions that he will...

Plea To Ensure Operation Of All Non-Functional Hospitals & Mohalla Clinics in Delhi: Delhi High Court Issues Notice To Delhi Govt.

Hearing a plea filed seeking a direction to the Delhi Government to take necessary steps to ensure operation of all non-functional hospitals and Mohalla Clinics in the NCT of Delhi, the Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Delhi High Court.Issuing the notice to the Delhi Government, the Bench of Justice Rekha Palli posted the matter for further hearing on August 12, 2021.The Court...